Tag: New York Botantical Garden Invasive Species Summit: Restoration and Long-Term Management

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Building walls, constructing fences, keeping out aliens, talking about macho swagger these are topics usually confined to the political sphere. Language is not a topic of restoration ecology conferences. Paddy Woodworth was the first speaker at the NYBG Invasive Species Summit on Friday, November 3. He spent most of his time talking about “minding our language.” Demonizing plants, glamourizing degradation, focusing on “alien” plants, migration, non-native, has implications. “Conservation is about human beings.” Woodworth brought a unique perspective to the […]